Unable to convert a string into int - Python

Question

I am trying to convert string into integar, like this:

money = "$163,852.06"
original_amount = money[1:]
print(int(original_amount))

Here I have to slice 'money' variable, so that I can get exact numbers only.

for which I am getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '163,852.06'

Can someone help me on this?

atru · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-12 19:32:55Z

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Your code has two issues:

Your number has a comma in it - Python does not interpret it as a valid part of a number.
You are applying an int() conversion to a string representing a number that is a float - it has a decimal part to it.

This solves both issues,

money = "$163,852.06"
original_amount = ('').join(money[1:].split(','))
print(int(float(original_amount)))

The code splits the number by the comma, then joins it immediately into a new whole - this will work with multiple commas as well.

Then it first converts the string to a float, and uses that float to obtain the final integer.

answered Mar 12, 2022 at 19:32

atru

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